Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-04-21
THE PAW uarD1E RoBBEnY.
Oaahfer DogRetr Of fhe Chicago
Freight office Discharged.

i htTO NhhlAAnOhy III IbhNStbhtAbh WAN a 1t
porter this morning, said /: "a leadinl
terday, saying he thought he wa
making up some stolen goods 70
train men. / went down and foun,
q pair Of pantaloons that he had Jus
completed for John Kirkwood, who 4
under arrest The goods were stoleI
| from train. Another suit he had mad,
was for John K Mullen, also underarrest
This suit is made out of cloth intended
for lady's suit. 1t looked very fine, hui
the cost of making the suit was more thar
the cloth is worth. The man who stols ii
must have been a fool not to know better.
The same tailor is making up suit Of
the finest English worsted ever imported.
II Ia what is called t24-ounce goods. y
The suit is worth about $75. The man
who ordered II has not yet been arrested,
and does not know that he is suspected.
We will arrest him in short time, and.
until then, will not mention his name. ]
found that some men implicated in the
robberies have not yet been arrested. We
will get them"
The officers who left here yesterday
captured Joseph Stephenson and John
Smith, two more of the alleged thieves, at
Beaver Falls, Pa. They were aboard q
Lake Erie freight train as brakemen. As
soon as they saw the officers they left the
train and ran to the woods, but were pur-
sued and captured. Two others escaped
from the same train. The two arrts ted
hail from youngstown, o. There is more
or less confidence expressed among the
friends of the imprisoned men that not
enough evidence can be produced to So.
cure conviction, but there will be an
abundance Of witnesses at any rate.
Detective Gilkinson says that fully 600
witnesses would be subpunaed, coming
from all parts of the country. It is said
that the railroad company will only press
the suits against thcss of It's Imprisoned
employees who have more than one charge
against them, having decided to use as
witnesses many who are now in Jail
The defence will rely largely on the
matter OF doubtful identity, holding that
in the darkness it is impossible TO clearly
identify the faces of people, especially
when those faces are covered with the
CRIME and grease of their trades.
CHICAGO, April 15,--A local paper, this
morning, says: The excitement on the
Pan Handle road over the charges of con-
spiracy and theft among employees has
pervaded the whole system and the Off.
Gals are bringing o searching inquiry to
bear upon all who are in any way con.
nected with the line. The Chicago
terminus has also passed through the
ordeal Of an investigation. A little more
than three weeks ago r. Il. Morris,
travelling auditor, was dispatched to
Chicago and, with the aid of an assistant
from Pittsburg, began TO check mp the
books of l. j. Doggett, cashier at the
general freight office on North Halstead
street.
Auditor Morris came across many
things in the cashiers books that did not
seem easy of explanation, and at first
attributed the oddly in book keeping to
the cashiers eccentricities. For the last
three weeks work on the books has been
carried on night and day, and before q
firml conclusion was arrived at it looked
as if the books would not balance. The
investigation will be finished to-day,
when Auditor Morris leaves for Pittsburg
with transcript of tho account current
for comparison with the company g books
at the general offices.
MIR. Morris was seen by reporter yes.
terday, and while he would not positively
say that any one connected with the
freight office in Chicago was guilty of
wrong doing he iniimated that there ap-
peared to be q discrepancy in the cash
account of Mr.. Dopgett of apparently
from SIG, 900 TO $4,000. In explaining
the matter he said II do not want to &C.
cuse any one falsely, aud am not going
to do it. MIR. Doggett asserts that he has
assets to his credit in the way of vouchers
which he has paid, and when these have
passed through the assistant general
managers hands at Columbus another
voucher will be made out and passed to
his credit which may balance the account.
As thcse yUuuhers unouut ~ many thou
sands Of dollars it is rnanifestly unfair to |
decide a discrepancy before these &C.
counts are oil checked at Pittsburg The |
company is safe as far as pecuniary loss
Is concerned and no blame can attach to
.. e. Loomis, the agent Of the company
here. I will say that whatever the out |
come is Mr.. DogRett must retire and his |
bopdsmen must make good whatever dis |
pregnancy may exist, if any"
Mr.. Doggett was formally discharged |
from the company's employ last night
PITTsBuRa, April 16.-It is quite prob
lble that no hearings will be held in the
Eases of the Pan Handle robbers on Mon
lay.
More than half of the prisoners have
ilready waived the preliminary hearing
or court trial and it is believed the others
will take the same action.
This will enable the defendants to get
heir cases before the grand jury in time
or the present term OF court.
Within the past "a hou.s number of
he prisoners have made voluntary con-
essions to the attorneys of the railroad
company, but the nature Of the dis
closures have not been given to the public.
1t is claimed, however, that they tally
almost exactly with the facts as learned
~ the detectives in their researches. It
s thought that before the trial comes of |
Yearly all the men will have admitted
heir part in the robberies.
Another aud very important arrest was
made to-day. NO. Busby, who escaped
rom the officers at j ennison, o., or
dondsy by jumping from train, was re-
aptured this morning and lodged in jail.
He is regarded by the detectives as one
Il the ringleaders. Conductor Black,
rho was released on bail, returned to the
ity this morning and is ready to stand
rial.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April 49, Deputy
dayor Gripp's office, where the prelim-
nary hearings in the railroad robbery
ases were to take place this morning, was
rowded. The first case called was that
4 j. L, Armstrong, an ex-conductor of
he Pan Handle road. The prosecution
ffersd in evidence valise which IL is
laimed belonged to the accused. 1t was
ound in barber'shop where Armstrong
ad left it. and was filed with goods
7hich counsel for the prosecution said
ad been identified as part of the stolen
property. The defendants counsel
laimed that the evidence YVES not sufi
lent to hold the prisoner, but Deputy
iayor Gripp ruled differently and COM
iitted Armstrong to jail for trial at court
king his bail Mt $500. A large number
+ the prisoners then waived hearing for
ourt and the balance asked for post
onement until next Wednesday. The
equest was granted and the hearing ad-
burned
PrTTsBuRG, April 20.-The preliminary
earring in the postponed Pan Handle
obbery cases came mp this morning
efore Deputy Mayor Gripp, and all the
risoners waived the preliminary exami-
atoms and were held for trial at court.
he cases will probably be tried during
he present court term.
A LOUISVILLE LEPER.
differing from n Case Contracted I'm
Honolulu
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